Someone imperiously stamped “Official File Do Not Remove” on the front and back covers of this timetable. But since the New Haven Railroad is defunct, it got removed and somehow found its way into my hands. Click image to download … Continue reading
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Although the McGinnis-era colors were red, black, and white, Patrick McGinnis must have also liked this shade of blue, which I would call cornflower blue. A similar blue was used by the Boston & Maine’s Talgo train that was delivered … Continue reading
In 1954, Wall Street raider Patrick McGinnis took over the New Haven in a proxy fight. His brilliant plan was to save money by deferring maintenance and boost revenues by spending money (some of which went to his wife, an … Continue reading
Many travelers to Maine on the Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and Bangor & Aroostook would have started their journeys on the New Haven from New York City. I count thirteen trains a weekday from New York to New Haven, … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s timetable, this one is for “lines west of New London and Willimantec. It has shrunk to 28 pages, but I’ll leave it to someone else to take the time to figure out which trains are missing. Click image … Continue reading
This 32-page timetable is packed with tiny print providing schedules on countless branch lines, yet it only covers “lines west of New London and Willimantic,” Connecticut. Another 32 pages were probably needed to cover the New Haven’s dense network of … Continue reading
This was quite possibly the first New Haven timetable featuring the McGinnis logo and color scheme, named for New Haven president Patrick McGinnis. Wikipedia says this was designed by McGinnis’ wife, but actually all she did was recommend Herbert Matter, … Continue reading
Born in Germany in 1897, Sascha Maurer loved to ski and paint water colors in the Bavarian Alps. He studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and, after serving in the German Navy during World War I, migrated to … Continue reading
John Held Jr. was a well-known cartoonist and illustrator in the 1920s. Born in Salt Lake City in 1889 (the same year, for those who are keeping track, as Maurice Logan), Held claimed he had no art training except from … Continue reading
The last of Patrick McGinnis’ three trains was the Roger Williams, which entered service between Boston and Washington on April 28, 1957. Budd built the train by modifying its RDCs into a six-car train that had controls only in the … Continue reading